Science Fiction Book List--8th

Science Fiction books are arranged by author's last name.

Adams. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Seconds before Earth is demolished to make room for a galactic freeway, an earthman is saved by his friend. Together they journey through the galaxy.

Albin. Crewel.

Gifted with the unusual ability to embroider the very fabric of life, sixteen-year-old Adelice is summoned by Manipulation Services to become a Spinster, a move that will separate her from her beloved family and home forever.

Angler. Swipe.

In a world where everyone must be Marked in order to gain citizenship and participate in society, a group of youngsters who questions the system struggles to identify the true enemy--while pursuing a group of Markless teenagers.

Anthony. Restoring Harmony.

Ten years after the Great Collapse of 2031, sixteen-year-old Molly McClure, with only her fiddle for company, leaves the safety of her family's island home to travel through a dangerous and desolate wasteland on her way to Oregon to find her grandparents and persuade them to return with her to Canada.

Asimov. Fantastic Voyage.

Five people are miniaturized and sent on a rescue mission through a man's body where they have sixty minutes to reach and break up a blood clot in his brain.

Asimov. Foundation.

As the Galactic Empire declines, psychohistorian Hari Seldon and his band of psychobiologists form the Foundation, designed to be the nucleus of an eventual ideal universal ruling corporation.

Bachorz. Candor.

For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly--and selectively--sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.

Bacigalupi. Ship Breaker.

In a futuristic world, Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

Bechard. Spacer and Rat.

Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.

Bergren. Season of Wonder.

The year is 2095. Gifted teens known as Remnants have been chosen and trained to act as humanity's last hope to rectify the horrors that are now part of everyday life. But the Sons of Sheol are determined to stop them.

Bertagna. Exodus.

In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves.

Black. White Cat.

When Cassel Sharpe discovers that his older brothers have used him to carry out their criminal schemes and then stolen his memories, he figures out a way to turn their evil machinations against them.

Bodeen. The Gardener.

When Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.

Bracken. The Darkest Minds.

Ruby breaks out of a government-run 'rehabilitation camp' for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children.

Bradbury. The Illustrated Man.

18 science fiction stories, including "The Other Foot", "Zero Hour," "The Long Rain," "Rocket Man," "The Last Night of the World," and "The Exiles.

Bradbury. Classic Stories 2.

31 stories from imaginative fiction.

Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451.

A book burner in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.

Bradbury. The Golden Apples of the Sun and other Stories.

A collection of thiry-two short stories by Ray Bradbury that explore the endless possibilities of what may happen in the present and in the future.

Bradbury. I Sing the Body Electric and Other Stories.

A collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury that have an element of the unexpected, including an electric grandmother, a strange parrot, and a priest on Mars.

Bradbury. The Illustrated Man.

18 science fiction stories, including "The Other Foot", "Zero Hour," "The Long Rain," "Rocket Man," "The Last Night of the World," and "The Exiles."

Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles.

A collection of stories describing repeated attempts by humans to colonize Mars.

Bradbury. The October Country.

Collection of 19 fantasy horror stories by Bradbury, pointing out the world's insanities, disorders, and hang-ups.

Bradbury. R is for Rocket.

Science fiction, fantasy, small town life, and small town people.

Brody. Unremembered.

A girl awakens with amnesia in the wreckage of a plane crash she should not have survived and taken into foster care, and the only clue to her identity is a mysterious boy who claims she was part of a top-secret science experiment.

Brooks. Armageddon’s Children.

Logan Tom has sworn an oath to seek out a magical being in order to fight against those forces of darkness that are killing and enslaving what is left of humanity.

Brown. Stranger.

Generations after an unknown Change eliminated electricity and gave people unusual powers, the Southern Californian town of Las Anclas must deal with the consequences when a teenage prospector comes to stay.

Card. Ender’s Game.

Young Ender Wiggin may prove to be the military genius Earth needs to fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race that will determine the future of the human race.

Card. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus.

Taguri, one of a group of scientists and historians living in a post-apocalyptic world, views the past through a machine, TruSite II, and discovers one of the women she is studying can see her, too. The discovery sets off a debate over whether the past can be changed to save the future.

Card. Pathfinder.

Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.

Carmody. Obernewtyn.

Elspeth Gordie, living in orphanages in the aftermath of the holocaust known as the Great White, is desperate to get her certificate of normalcy, but her mental powers--a result of the radiation that ravished the land--persist in making themselves known despite her efforts to hide them.

Carriger. Etiquette & Espionage.

In an alternate England of 1851, spirited fourteen-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage.

Carroll. The Awakening.

Ten years after the disappearance of superhumans--both heroes and villains--Danny and Colin begin to develop super powers, making them the object of much unwanted attention.

Carroll. Super Human.

A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is transported from 4,000 years in the past to enslave the modern world.

Charbonneau. The Testing.

Malencia (Cia) Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out that her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing.

Christopher. The White Mounains.

Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants.

Clayton. The Roar.

In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.

Clements. Things Not Seen.

When Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.

Colfer. W.A.R.P. The Reluctant Assassin.

In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever.

Collins. The Hunger Games.

Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.

Cart. Tomorrowland.

A collection of ten stories about the future, by such authors as Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, and Jon Scieszka.

Condie. Atlantia.

Rio has always dreamed of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia for life in the Above; however, when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, Rio is left stranded below where she must find a way to unlock the secrets of the siren voice she has long hidden and save Atlantia from destruction.

Condie. Matched.

Cassia has always had complete trust in the Society to make decisions for her, but when she is being paired with her ideal mate, a second face flashes on the screen, and Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility as she tries to decide which man she truly loves.

Cremer. The Inventor’s Secret.

In an alternate nineteenth-century America that is still a colony of Britain's industrial empire, Charlotte and her fellow refugees' struggle to survive is interrupted by a newcomer with no memory, bearing secrets about a terrible future.

Crewe. The Way We Fall.

Kaelyn challenges her fears, finds a second chance at love, and fights to keep her family and friends safe as a deadly new virus devastates her island community.

Crichton. Jurassic Park.

An account of the attempt, through a hair-raising twenty-four hours on a remote jungle island, to avert a global emergency--a crisis triggered by today's rush to commercialize genetic engineering.

Crichton. Timeline.

A group of scientists, having learned how to travel through time, enter life in fourteenth-century feudal France and threaten the history of the world.

Dashner. The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters.

Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom begins receiving mysterious letters from around the world signed only "M.G.," and the clues contained therein lead him on a journey to the perilous 13th Reality and a confrontation with evil Mistress Jane.

Dashner. The Eye of Minds.

Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his secrets out

Dashner. Maze Runner.

Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

Delancie. I,Q.

Told in Q's own words, together he and Captain Picard must work to save the universe from ultimate annihilation.

Destefano. Perfect Ruin.

Morgan Stockhour lives in Internment, a floating city utopia. But when a murder occurs, everything she knows starts to unravel

Diamand. Raiders’ Ransom.

In 22nd-century Great Britain, where climate change has caused vast flooding, piratical raiders kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter and Lilly Melkun, an English fisher-girl, takes her sea cat on a daring rescue attempt, with a mysterious talking jewel from a past computer age tucked in her belt as ransom.

Diterlizzi. The Search for Wondla.

Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which readers with a webcam can access additional information about Eva Nine's world.

Duprau. Books of Ember.

In the city of Ember, Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Eddleman. Sky Jumpers.

Hope lives in a post World War III town called White Rock where everyone must participate in Inventions Day, though Hope's inventions always fail. Her unique skill set comes in handy when a group of bandits
invades the town.

Life. Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier an Original Science Fiction Anthology.

A collection of thirteen stories that explore the possibility of life on Mars.

Link. Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich & Strange Stories.

A collection of 14 fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in an alternate universe where romance and technology reign and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that
never existed.

Marr. Shards & Ashes.

A collection of nine dystopian tales, with selections by Veronica Roth, Nancy Holder, Melissa Marr, and others.

Ellis. In Search of Its Master.

Ghonllier, the commander in the I-Force fleet, when they rescue a young boy from a KOGN attack, Ghonllier is unprepared for the consequences, and the powerful secret the boy carries in his pocket. Now he must risk everything he holds dear as he races to find the answers that may save the galaxy. Filled with mystery and magic, spaceship and spies, the story chronicles an ongoing war between good and evil to find the Master Stones.

Emerson. The Lost Code.

Owen Parker learns that he is a descendant of a highly advanced ancient race that almost destroyed the Earth with their advanced technologies, and he is determined to unlock the code in his genes to rediscover the forgotten knowledge of his ancestry and save the world, which is in serious danger.

Epstein. Starbounders.

Zachary Night enrolls at a secret training camp for future defenders of the galaxy, but when a routine mission takes a dangerous turn, he finds himself lost in a universe that's bigger than he ever imagined.

Evans. Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25.

Michael discovers he has special electrical powers and, with the help of his best friends, becomes aware that there are other teens with similar powers, but something or someone is hunting them. After Michael's mother is kidnapped, he will need to rely on his powers, to rescue his mom, protect himself, and save the others.

Falkner. The Assault.

In the year 2030, six teens who have been modified to look like the aliens who are battling for control of Earth go behind enemy lines and discover a shocking, secret alien project.

Falls. Dark Life.

When Ty, who has always lived on the ocean floor, joins Topside girl Gemma in the frontier's underworld to seek and stop outlaws who threaten his home, they learn that the government may pose an even greater threat.

Farmer. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.

In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

Farmer. The House of the Scorpion.

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

Fisher. The Dark City.

Galen, a man of the old Order and a Keeper of relics, and his 16-year-old apprentice, Raffi, face many obstacles as they search for a powerful relic that has been hidden for centuries in an effort to stop the devastation that has hit their world.

Ford. Z.

In the year 2032, after a virus that turned people into zombies has been eradicated, Josh is invited to join an underground gaming society, where the gamers hunt zombies and the action is more dangerous than it seems.

Fox. Eager.

Unlike Grumps, their old-fashioned robot, the Bell family's new robot,Eager, is programmed to merely obey but to question, reason, and exercise free will, and when the new model robots, BDC4s, begin to takeover, Eager must step in and help.

Gaiman. Inteworld.

At nearly 15 years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.

Gill. Black Hole Sun.

Durango and his crew of mercenaries are hired by the settlers of a mining community on Mars to protect their most valuable resource from a feral band of marauders.

Gordon. Tunnels.

Archeology-enthusiasts Will Burrows and his father dig up an abandoned tunnel that leads underneath London, but when Will's father disappears he goes on the hunt with his friend Chester, and on the run from the strange men in tall hats.

Grant. Eve & Adam.

With the help of her geneticist mother at Spiker Biotech Laboratory, 16-year-old Eve Spiker recovers incredibly quickly from the life-threatening injuries she suffered during an accident, and upon
becoming friends with handsome teenage lab assistant Solo, the two make discoveries about the what is really going on at the laboratory.

Haarsmal. Virus on Orbis 1.

After being orphaned on the seed ship "Renaissance", thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull and his sister, Ketheria, are forced to work on the Rings of Orbis, where Johnny learns he is the first human Softwire, with a gift to enter any computer via his mind.

Haddix. The Always War.

In a war-torn future United States, Tessa, her childhood friend Gideon, now a traumatized military hero, and Dek, a streetwise orphan, enter enemy territory and discover the shocking truth about a war that began more than 75 years earlier.

Haddix. Among the Hidden.

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Haddix. Running Out of Time.

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, 13-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

Haddix. Turnabout.

Melly and Anny Beth agree to participate in Project Turnabout, a scientific experiment in which they are given a shot that will make them grow younger, until they receive a second injection that will stop the
aging process, but when other participants die after receiving the second shot, Melly and Anny Beth refuse to have the shot and set out to find someone to care for them when they are too young to do it
themselves.

Hale. Dangerous.

When aspiring astronaut Maisie Danger Brown, who was born without a right hand, and the other space camp students get the opportunity to do something amazing in space, Maisie must prove how dangerous she can be and how far she is willing to go to protect everything she has ever loved.

Hall. The Line.

Rachel thinks that she and her mother are safe working for Ms. Moore at her estate close to The Line, an invisible border of the Unified States, but when Rachel has an opportunity to Cross into the forbidden zone, she is both frightened and intrigued.

Harris. Invisible City.

When his father is reported murdered in Mexico, supposedly by the husband of his lover, 13-year-old Josh refuses to believe it and sets out to get the true story, which he believes involves UFOs and alien abduction.

Hautman. Snatched.

Too curious for her own good, Roni, crime reporter for her high school newspaper, teams up with Brian, freshman science geek, to investigate the beating and kidnapping of a classmate.

Heath. The Lab.

In a world dominated by an evil corporation, an organization called the Deck, in which the staff is named after suits such as Hearts and Diamonds, deals out justice while Six of Hearts, their best operative, does his work without killing anybody.

Herbert. Dune.

Forced by the Emperor of the known universe to live in exile on a barren planet, Duke Leto Atreides and his son lead the struggle against the Empire.

Hickam. Crater: A Helium-3 Novel.

Crater, a teenaged Helium-3 miner living in the twenty-second century, aspires to become a foreman, but leaves home and embarks on a dangerous journey into deep space in search of treasure.

Hill. Erasing Time.

18-year-old twins Taylor and Sheridan are pulled into the future and must find a way to stop the evil government from using the time machine again.

Hirsch. The Darkest Path.

Since he was captured by the Glorious Path, a militant religion based on the teachings of a former soldier, fifteen-year-old Cal has served the Path in its brutal war with the remains of the United States government, and tried to survive and protect his younger brother , but when he kills an officer to protect a stray dog, Cal is forced take his brother and the dog and run.

Hirsch, The Eleventh Plague.

20 years after the start of the war that caused the Collapse, Stephen, his father, and grandfather travel
post-Collapse America scavenging, but when his grandfather dies and his father decides to risk everything to save the lives of two strangers, Stephen's life is turned upside down.

Hobbs. Go Big or Go Home.

14-year-old Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his Black Hills, South Dakota, bedroom.

Hogan. Bug Park.

Kevin Heber uses breakthrough technology created by his father to create a new entertainment media that allows people to experience the world from the viewpoint of a bug, but when he tries to take the project public, Kevin learns that someone out there wants to squash Bug Park.

Howarth. MapHead: The Return.

MapHead, a boy with strange powers from a parallel dimension, finds himself alone without his father for the first time and returns to Rubytown to find his own destiny.

Howson. Linked.

When Elissa's nightmarish visions and inexplicable bruises lead to the discovery of a battered twin sister on the run from government agents, Elissa enlists the help of an arrogant new graduate from the space academy.

Hughes. A Crack in the Sky.

13-year-old Eli Papadopoulos, a member of the family that founded InfiniCorp, the massive corporation that runs everything in the domed cities, becomes worried when the sky keeps shorting out, but his
questions get him sent away to the Tower where he meets Tabitha, and together they make plans to escape.

Huxley. Brave New World.

A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, when babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.

James. Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars.

In 2095 when a fifteen-year-old slacker discovers that he has the power to control Pearls, fragments of space debris that are a dying Earth's most important energy source, government forces work to capture him.

Jinks. Evil Genius.

Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.

Jinks. Living Hell.

Chronicles the transformation of a spaceship into a living organism, as 17-year-old Cheney leads the hundreds of inhabitants in a fight for survival while machines turn on them, treating all humans as parasites.

Jury. Burn.

Tate learns quickly that the H2 are the least of his problems when a new alien race begins to threaten the planet.

Kacvinsky. Awaken.

In the year 2060, when people hardly ever leave the security of their houses and instead do everything online, Madeline Freeman, the 17-year-old daughter of the man who created the national digital school attended by all citizens, is wooed by a group of radicals who are trying to get people to "unplug."

Kang. Catalyst.

When their foster home is invaded, Zelia, her sister, and a band of outcasts with mutated genes go on the run, trying to find a safe place and make sense of what seems to be a larger conspiracy against them.

Kaufman. Illuminae.

The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all.

Keaney. Promises of Dr. Sigmundus: The Hollow People.

On an island that houses the asylum where law-breakers are imprisoned, two teenagers rebel against a rigidly controlled society where dreams are considered antisocial and all citizens over the age of 14 take
a drug to control their behavior.

Kincaid. Insignia.

Tom, a genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.

Kirby. The Arctic Code.

The Earth is in the grip of a new Ice Age, and when Eleanor's scientist mother disappears in the Arctic, Eleanor sets off on a dangerous journey to find her--and uncovers a mystery, a crime, and evidence that Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials.

Kirby. Quantum League: Spell Robbers.

Ben Warner is invited to join a "science camp" led by a quantum physicist, Dr. Madeleine Hughes, and with his new friend Peter he discovers the secret art of Actuation--the ability to change reality by
imagining it differently--but he also finds that there are people willing to kill for that secret.

Klass. Caretaker Trilogy: Firestorm.

After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.

Klass. Stuck on Earth.

On a secret mission to evaluate whether the human race should be annihilated, a space alien inhabits the body of a bullied boy.

Klause. Alien Secrets.

On her journey to the distant planet where her parents are working, Puck befriends a troubled alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery involving a precious artifact.

Korman. Masterminds.

A group of kids discovers they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment.

Kostick. Epic.

On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, Erik pursuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.

Krokos. False Future.

Rhys, Noble, Sophia, and Peter cannot face their enemy, True Earth, without Miranda but when they revive her, she is horrified to find her world in flames and must use her grief to fuel her spirit as she helps to seek Mr. East, who must be turned in for the brutal enemy occupation of Manhattan to end.

Krokos. False memory.

Soon after Miranda awakens with no memory, she discovers that she can release a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her except Peter, who tells her she is part of an elite force of genetically-altered teens.

Krokos. The Planet Thieves.

On a routine voyage aboard an Academy spaceship, Mason Stark and his fellow cadets are attacked by the Tremist, an alien race who have been at war with humanity for the last sixty years.

Lancaster. Human.4.

21st century Kyle was hypnotized when humanity was upgraded to 1.0 and he, incompatible with the new technology, exposes its terrifying impact in a tape-recording found by the superhumans of the future.

Landon. The Limit.

When his family exceeds its legal debt limit, Matt is sent to the Federal Debt Rehabilitation Agency workhouse, where he discovers illicit activities are being carried out using the children who have been placed there.

Layne. This Side of Paradise.

After his father begins working for the mysterious Eden Corporation, Jack uncovers a sinister plot that threatens the existence of his entire family.

Lengle. Time Quintet. A Wrinkle in Time.

Three extraterrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world.

Lerangis. Seven Wonders: The Colossus Rises.

Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.

Levitin. The Goodness Gene.

As son of the Compassionate Director of the Dominion of the Americas, Will, along with his twin brother Berk, has been groomed for leadership in a society that values genetic fitness, but he encounters information which causes him to question that society as well as his own identity.

Lewis. Out of the Silent Planet.

Volume one of a space trilogy followed by "Perelandra," and, "That hideous strength." A philologist is kidnapped and taken via space-ship from England to Malacandra where he escapes and goes on the run.

Lipsyte. The Twinning Project.

Tom and Eddie, identical twins and mirror opposites living on two different Earths some fifty years apart, must switch places and identities to thwart the alien scientists who threaten their planets.

Lloyd. Momentum.

With energy wars flaring across the globe, oil prices gone crazy, regular power cuts, and soldiers keeping the Outsiders in check, Hunter, one of the privileged of society, is fascinated by the Outsiders, so when he meets Uma he is quickly drawn into her circle of the poor and disenfranchised.

Lott. Fearless.

In the future, girls labeled "juvies" or "mindcrips" are taken from their families and sent to the prison-like City Community Faith School, but LIttle Fearless decides to break out, and embarks on a dangerous
mission to try to free the girls from their miserable captivity

Lowry. The Giver.

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Lu. Legend.

In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.

Lu. The Young Elites.

Adelina Amouteru survived the blood fever, a deadly illness that killed many, but left others with strange markings and supernatural powers. Cast out by her family, Adelina joins the secret society of the Young
Elites and discovers her own dangerous abilities.

Lucas. The Star Wars trilogy.

Luke Skywalker dreamed of adventures out among the stars and alien worlds. But when he intercepted a message from a beautiful captive princess, he got more than he had bargained for—and that was how the adventure of his life began.

Machale. SYLO.

Pemberwick Island, Maine is occupied by a Navy section called SYLO who claim a virus has been unleashed, but Tucker Pierce, who has seen strange aircraft and experienced the power of the Ruby, realizes something else is going on.

Mangum. The Hourglass Door.

Dante, a prisoner sent from fifteenth-century Italy into the early twenty-first as punishment, meets and falls in love with Abby, a high school senior who may be the only one who can save him.

Marion. Unison Spark.

Mistletoe lives in the sub-canopy zone amid poverty and outdated technology, but when she meets Ambrose Truax, the privileged heir to the Unison empire and they discover they share a sinister link, they begin a frightening journey into the uncharted territory of the Unison 3.0 upgrade.

Mariz. The Unidentified.

In a futuristic alternative school set in a shopping mall where video game-playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to.

McDonald. Planesrunner.

When Everett Singh's scientist father is kidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves a mysterious app on Everett's computer giving him access to the Infundibulum--a map of parallel earths--which is being sought by technologically advanced dark powers that Everett must somehow elude while he tries to rescue his father.

McKissack. The Clone Codes.

On the run from a bounty hunter who arrested her mother for being part of a secret society devoted to freeing clones, Leanna learns amazing truths about herself and her family as she is forced to consider the value of freedom and what it really means to be human in 2170 America.

McNaughton. The Secret Under my Skin.

In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a work camp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.

Messner. Wake Up Missing.

After a concussion that effects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp," where she joins forces with other patients to expose plot that endangers them all.

Meyer. Lunar Chronicles: Cinder.

Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother for her stepsister's illness while a deadly plague decimates the population of New Beijing, but when Cinder's life gets intertwined with Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle.

Meyer. The Host.

Melanie, whose mind has been almost completely taken over by an alien named Wanderer, convinces the alien to search for her lost lover, who fled the extraterrestrial invasion, and tries to find a way in which she and Wanderer can coexist.

Miller. A Canticle for Leibowitz.

Many years after a nuclear war, scholars seeking the old learning come to a monastery where much knowledge has been preserved.

Naftali. The Rendering: A Cyberskunks Post.

Doug uses his blog to describe the events that led him from an afternoon of playing video games to saving the world, after one of his aunt's ex-employees broke into her biotechnology center, killed her, and then stole equipment that would allow him to digitize anyone and create a biodroid army.

OBrien. Birth marked.

Gaia Stone, a midwife who dutifully delivers at least three babies a month and hands them over to the Enclave, a community within walls where the children are adopted and live with conveniences which are not available to the outside world, begins to question her loyalty to the group after her mother is brutally taken away from her by the people she serves.

Obrien. Day of the Assassins.

Jack is sent to 1914 Europe as a pawn in the battle between his long-lost father, who has built a time machine, and a secret network of scientists who want to prevent him from trying to use it to change history for the better.

Obrien. Z for Zachariah.

Seemingly the only person left alive after the holocaust of a war, a young girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.

Oliver. Delirium.

Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.

Orwell. 1984.

Winston Smith, a worker at the Ministry of Truth in the political entity of Oceania, puts his life on the line when he joins a covert brotherhood in rebelling against the Party that controls all human thought and action.

Osterlund. Academy 7.

Aerin Renning and Dane Madousin struggle as incoming students at the most exclusive academy in the Universe, both hiding secrets that are too painful to reveal, not realizing that those very secrets link them together.

Patneaude. Epitaph Road.

In 2097, men are a small and controlled minority in a utopian world ruled by women, and fourteen-year-old Kellen must fight to save his father from an outbreak of the virus that killed ninety-seven percent of the male population thirty years earlier.

Patrick. The Originals.

Lizzie, Ella, and Betsy Best are clones, raised as identical triplets by their surrogate mother but living as her one daughter, Elizabeth, until their separate abilities and a romantic relationship force a change.

Patterson. Witch & Wizard.

A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books.

Pearson. Jenna Fox: The Adoration of Jenna Fox.

In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.

Peterfreund. For Darkness Shows the Stars.

Elliot North fights to save her family's land and her own heart in this post-apocalyptic reimaging of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Pfeffer. Life As We Knew It.

Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Philbrick. The Last Book in the Universe.

After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.

Price. Starters.

Callie, having lost every family member besides her little brother when a genocide spore killed all of those who were not vaccinated, thinks she has found a way to support them by renting her body to seniors who want to be young again, but after a neurochip malfunction results in her being stuck in the life of her rich renter, she uncovers the horrible plan of her boss and must race against time to stop it.

Rabin. The Curse of the Romanovs.

In 1916, teenaged hemophiliac and heir to the Russian throne, Alexei Romanov, escapes into the future to elude the murderous Rasputin, and meets his modern-day cousin, fifteen-year-old Varda, who is working on a cure for hemophilia and who wants to help change history by saving his family.

Reeve. Fever Crumb.

Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.

Reeve. Larklight.

In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system.

Rex. The True Meaning of Smekday.

Gratuity "Tip" Tucci is left to fend for herself after Earth is colonized by aliens and her mother is abducted, and must try to stop another alien invasion with only the help of a cat named Pig and an alien named J. Lo.

Roberts. Dark Inside.

After tremendous earthquakes destroy the Earth's major cities, an ancient evil emerges, turning ordinary people into hunters, killers, and insane monsters but a small group of teens comes together in a fight for survival and safety.

Roberts. The Girl With the Silver Eyes.

A 10-year-old girl, who has always looked different from other children, discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are others like her.

Rossi. Under the Never Sky

When Aria, a sheltered and fragile Dweller, is exiled from her home in Reverie, she must face The Death Shop, a land filled with cannibals and dangerous energy storms, and her only hope for staying alive depends on Outsider Perry, a savage hunter.

Roth. Divergent.

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

Ryan. Glow.

Waverly, part of the first generation of children born in deep space after her world was destroyed, questions her upcoming marriage to Kieran even though she knows she must marry and have children young in order to help populate New Earth, and, after she is taken hostage by the leaders of a sister ship who want to rule the planet and separated from Kieran, she finds herself at the helm of a dangerous mission.

Ryan. Charisma.

Tacoma, Washington, high school junior Aislyn's extreme shyness has crippled her socially and cost her a college scholarship, so she jumps at the chance to try an illegal gene therapy, but although she is finally able to date her long-term crush, Jack, the therapy becomes a contagious disease that can be fatal.

Sagan. Contact.

Scientist Eleanor Arroway risks her life and reputation in an attempt to respond when radio telescopes on Earth receive a signal indicating the existence of life twenty-six light-years away in the vicinity of the star Vega.

Salvatore. Vector Prime.

When outbreaks of rebellion threaten to destroy the Republic's reign, Leia travels with her daughter and her sister-in-law to meet with Nom Anor and convince him to stop the rebellions and restore peace in the galaxy.

Sanderson. Steelheart.

At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners--the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny.

Scaletta. The Winter of the Robots.

There's something lurking in the junkyard in Jim Knox's neighborhood, and it's up to him and his friends (and science-fair rivals) to put their robot-building skills together in order to defeat it

Scarrow. Time Riders.

Rescued from imminent death, teens Maddy, Liam, and Sal join forces in 2001 Manhattan to correct changes in history made by other time travelers, using a "time bubble" surrounding the attack on the Twin Towers to hide their journeys.

Scieszka. Guys Read: Other Worlds.

An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.

Searles. The Lost Planet.

Chase Garrety has no memory when he wakes up on planet Trucon.

Sedgwick. The Ghosts of Heaven.

Four linked stories of discovery and survival begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world.

Shine. I Become Shadow.

Abducted at age fourteen and trained by the F.A.T.E. Center to become a Shadow, guardian of a future leader, Ren Sharpe, now eighteen, is assigned to protect college science student Gareth Young, but with help from her secret love and fellow Shadow, Junie, she learns that F.A.T.E. itself is behind an attack on Gareth.

Shulman. The Wells Bequest.

Two teenagers use H.G. Wells's famous time machine to race through time and stop a dangerous enemy.

Shusterman. The Accelerati Trilogy: Tesla’s Attic.

With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla.

Shusterman. The Dark Side of Nowhere.

ason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion mission.

Shusterman. Scorpion Shards.

Six teenagers, each tormented by what seems to be an exaggerated adolescent affliction, come together to try to stop the "beasts" that threaten to destroy them and the world.

Shusterman. Unwind.

Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.

Simmons. Breaking Point.

After escaping prison, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings are taken in by the Resistance but when Ember tops the government's most-wanted list, Chase urges her to run and Ember must decide whether to hide again or fight back.

Skurzynski. Cyberstorm.

In 2015, when Darcy Kane moves to another part of town, she discovers that the Animal Control Division is trying to take her dog away and that the most obvious escape is into her neighbor's Virtual Reality Rent-a-Memory machine.

Skurzynski. Devastation.

With war looming between the few remaining world powers for possession of a remote Pacific island where people can live free of the domes that confine the world's population, fourteen-year-old Corgan, a test tube baby genetically engineered to be the perfect virtual warrior, gets ready to go into action, not realizing all he does not know until he meets his teammate, the beautiful Sharla.

Skurzynski. Virtual War.

In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in virtual reality.

Slade. The Hunchback Assignments.

In Victorian London, fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, becomes a secret agent for the Permanent Association, which strives to protect the world from the evil machinations of the Clockwork Guild.

Sleator. The Duplicate.

David, finding a strange machine that creates replicas of living organisms, duplicates himself and suffers the horrible consequences when the duplicate turns against him.

Sleator. Interstellar Pig.

Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig."

Sleator. Marco's Millions.

Marco's love for travel and for his younger sister Lilly, who has psychic powers, leads him to journey to other universes, gaining the ability to go wherever he wishes without growing old.

Sleator. Singularity.

Twins Harry and Barry stumble across a gateway to another universe, where a distortion in time and space causes a dramatic change in their competitive relationship.

Smith. Lockdown.

twins Harry and Barry stumble across a gateway to another universe, where a distortion in time and space causes a dramatic change in their competitive relationship.

Smith. Chronal Engine.

Eighth-grader Max, his older brother Kyle, and new friend Petra travel in time to the Cretaceous period to rescue Kyle's twin, Emma, who was kidnapped from their grandfather's Texas ranch. Includes author's notes about the facts behind the story,

Snyder. Inside Out.

Trella, a laborer in the lower level of a world that is socially and physically divided, spies on the people living in the upper level by traveling through the pipes of the environmental control system and accidently becomes the lead in a revolution while trying to help a friend find a gateway to the outside world.

Stahler. Truesight.

In a distant frontier world, thirteen-year-old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and "Seers" as aberrations.

Steele. Apollo’s Outcasts.

Jamey Barlowe, who has been in a wheelchair since his childhood, has been sent to the Moon after coups d'℗♭́ Ưtat has toppled the American government. He soon finds that one of his fellow refugees is more important than she first seemed.

Stohl. Icons.

After an alien force known as the Icon colonizes Earth, decimating humanity, four surviving teenagers must piece together the mysteries of their pasts--in order to save the future.

Sylvester. Minrs.

Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining's Great Mission to save the earth. When attacking Landers, obliterate the colony to steal the metal and raw ore, Christopher and a other survivors are forced into the maze of mining tunnels below the surface of Perses.

Teague. The Doom Machine.

When a spaceship lands in the small town of Vern Hollow in 1956, juvenile delinquent Jack Creedle and prim, studious Isadora Shumway form an unexpected alliance as they try to keep a group of extraterrestrials from stealing eccentric Uncle Bud's space travel machine.

Terry. Slated.

In a future England, sixteen-year-old Kyla is one of the "slated," those whose memories have been erased usually because they have committed serious crimes, but as she observes more and more strange events, she also gains more memories which put her and her boyfriend, Ben in danger.

Testa. The Comet's Curse.

Desperate to save the human race after a comet's deadly particles devastate the adult population, scientists create a ship that will carry a crew of 251 teenagers to a home in a distant solar system.

Tintera. Reboot.

Wren rises from the dead as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier until she is given an order she refuses to follow.

Todd. Remake.

In Freedom Prime, young adults can choose their name, their trade, and their gender, but the one thing they cannot choose is to be part of a family, because the family unit has been eradicated.

Torday. The Last Wild.

Kester Jaynes, who has been locked away at a school for troubled children, is called upon to save the last animals living in a post-apocalyptic world where disease has killed most living things.

Travayne. Coda.

Anthem rebels against the Corp's addictive, mind-altering music by singing in an illegal underground band, but defying the Corp comes at a deadly price when they come after Anthem's family.

Unsworth. The One Safe Place.

In a near future world of heat, greed, and hunger, Devin earns a coveted spot in a home for abandoned children that promises unlimited food and toys and the hope of finding a new family, but Devin discovers the home's horrific true mission when he investigates its intimidating Administrator and the zombie-like sickness that afflicts some children.

VandeVelde. Deadly Pink.

Grace must find a way to get her older sister out of a princess-filled virtual reality RPG (role playing game)--before it is too late.

VandeVelde. Heir Apparent.

While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.

Vaughan. The Ability.

While Chris and five other twelve-year-olds learn to make the most of their mental abilities in a secret, government-run school last used in 1977, twins Ernest and Mort are studying under someone with much more sinister motives.

Vaughan. The Six.

When twelve-year-old Parker's father, on the cusp of a technological breakthrough, is kidnapped, Parker is determined to find him, but his search soon uncovers a sinister project that threatens far more than Parker's family.

Verne. From the Earth to the Moon.

Impey Barbicane, president of the elite Baltimore Gun Club in the years following the Civil War, suggests the members build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon, but things get out of control when an adversary wagers against the project, and a volunteer lobbies to make the mission a manned flight.

Wells. The Invisible Man.

The tale of a scientist who discovers how to make his body become invisible, but, when he can't make himself visible again, becomes violently insane.

Wells.The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Dr. Moreau, a scientist, finds an isolated island that gives him the freedom to create hideous creatures with manlike intelligence.

Wells. The Time Machine.

Presents H. G. Wells's science fiction classic "The Time Machine" and includes explanatory notes, an outline of plots and themes, critical analysis, a Wells chronology, discussion questions, and other study tools.

Wells. Variant.

After years in foster homes, seventeen-year-old Benson Fisher applies to New Mexico's Maxfield Academy in hopes of securing a brighter future, but instead he finds that the school is a prison and no one is what he or she seems.

Westerfeld. Leviathan.

In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.

Westerfeld. The Secret Hour.

Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight; creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess.

Westerfeld. Uglies.

Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like.

Wyen. The Bar Code Tattoo.

Kayla is ostracized at school because she refused to get the required tattooed bar code and now she and her family must run to avoid the dangers threats against them.

Whipple. Transparent.

Fiona O'Connell is the world's first invisible girl, which makes her the ideal weapon for her crime-lord father. But now, she and her mother have escaped and are hiding out in a small town where they're determined to start a normal life.

Wiggins. Stung.

When a vaccine to save endangered bees causes their sting to turn children into ferocious killer beasts, the uninfected build a wall to keep the beasts out, but Fiona wakes up on the wrong side of the wall.

Wild. Fight Game.

Gypsy boy Freedom Smith, a born fighter, makes a deal with the police after being arrested for a crime he did not commit, and agrees to go undercover to infiltrate a high-tech fight club that is targeting street kids.

Wooding. Storm Thief.

With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.

Young. Storm: The Infinity Code.

In London, the teenaged geniuses of STORM, a secret organization dedicated to eliminating the world's misery through science and technology, uncover plans for a deadly weapon and race to find and dismantle it, then confront the corrupt scientist behind the scheme.

Young. Dustlands: Blood Read Road.

In a distant future, eighteen-year-old Lugh is kidnapped, and while his twin sister Saba and nine-year-old Emmi are trailing him across bleak Sandsea they are captured, too, and taken to brutal Hopetown, where Saba is forced to be a cage fighter until new friends help plan an escape.

Zahn. Dragon and Thief.

After his first host is killed in battle, Draycos, a warrior from a dragon-like, symbiotic race, is forced to latch onto teenager Jack Morgan to survive, whereupon the two join forces--literally--to find those who have wronged them.

Zahn. Heir to the Empire.

The Star Wars characters return for another set of adventures that begin a brand new trilogy.

Zindel. Rats.

When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.